Civil Engineering Engineer

PARINA SHAH

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EDUCATION

University of Houston

Master of Science in Civil Engineering

Houston, Texas, USA

(2018-2019), GPA: 3.5/4.0

Indus Institute of Technology and Engineering Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Bachelor of Technology in Civil engineering (2014-2018), GPA: 8.6/10.0 RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Construction Project Management, Estimation and Scheduling Advanced Construction techniques and equipment, Highway design and transportation, Engineering, Value Engineering Soil and Foundation Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, RCC and Steel design, Advanced Concrete design, Analysis and design of structures, Design of Steel Structure, Matrix analysis, Design of offshore structures SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Terracon Consultants Inc. Tempe, Arizona

Staff Engineer Feb 2020- Aug 2020

• Estimated & billed the quantities for retaining wall using MS Excel and AutoCAD.

• Prepared cross sections, wall profile, construction details for MSE Wall.

• Assisted in making Site Plan using Google Earth.

• Attended pre-bid meetings, site walkthroughs and review bid packages to document and understand scope of work.

• Assisted in analysis and design of Temporary shoring walls such as Soil nail wall, Soldier Pile & Lagging Wall.

• Interpret complex grading plans, boring logs in order to perform engineering analysis & design.

• Performed take offs from the civil drawings for estimating the wall quantities.

• Analyzed and design retaining wall using software like SNAIL, DeepEX, AutoCAD.

• Performed engineering design work according to Design NCMA & FHWA manual for retaining wall.

• Analyzed & designed by reviewing geotechnical report. Maverick Engineering Inc. Houston, Texas

Civil Engineering Intern August 2019- Dec 2019

• Performed calculations, prepared reports, and sketched detailed support drawings for site construction.

• Assisted in development of estimates at various levels of design.

• Estimated & billed the quantities using PlanSwift for commercial and residential projects.

• Performed quantity take-off to identify material, labor and time requirements for projects.

• Solicited bids and gathered necessary documents for inclusion in future projects.

• Quantity take offs and soliciting price from qualified vendors.

• Priced the line items by using cost data base, production data and team member’s advice; timely updated database.

• Resolved any scope or other pricing discrepancies from vendors or subcontractors. GEOCAL Inc. Centennial, Colorado

Construction Inspector Intern May 2019-Aug 2019

• Inspected the ongoing resurfacing of road of Colorado State highway 7, $24 Million Project was my first exposure to heavy road and bridge constructions.

• Inspected Earth works, RC culverts, drainage design, road construction, mulching, seeding, milling processes.

• Estimated quantity of material, cost of material using Bluebeam, made reports using ArcGIS, Survey123.

• Oversee all asphalt pours, checked temperature of asphalt pour, checked yields and compaction of road to ensure it is kept as per the guidelines of engineer specifications.

• Calculated the quantities for mulching and seeding.

• Monitored construction of road throughout the project and supervised subcontractor operations.

• Prepared daily logs and reports. Maintained records of all submittals and testing inspections made, tests performed, work executed.

• Assisted field crews and craft in interpreting drawings and specifications.

• Kept track of work plans and material deliveries.

• Manage submittal process including distribution, submittal review to ensure conformance with project requirements, logging and progress tracking of the RFI process ensuring timely processing so as not to delay progress of the work.

• Created and distributed meeting minutes for project owner, subcontractor and safety meetings including timely distribution to appropriate team members.

• Site visits to understand the different project aspects, including traffic control. CERTIFICATIONS

• Certifications: LEED Green Associate, OSHA 30, Procore, Primavera P6, AutoCAD Bluebeam PlanSwift E-Builder Microsoft Office Adobe Acrobat Procore Primavera P6 SNAIL MS Office AutoCAD Microsoft Outlook Project Exchange WAMIT DeepEX MS Project Survey123 Google EARTH Pro STAAD Pro MATLAB

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